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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2016.31.1.025

Sensitivity Analysis of FDS Results for the Input Uncertainty of Fire Heat Release Rate  

Cho, Jae-Ho (Department of Fire and Disaster Prevention, Daejeon University)
Hwang, Cheol-Hong (Department of Fire and Disaster Prevention, Daejeon University)
Kim, Joosung (Department of Reactor System, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Lee, Sangkyu (Department of Reactor System, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.31, no.1, 2016 , pp. 25-32 More about this Journal
Abstract
A sensitivity analysis of FDS(Fire Dynamics Simulator) results for the input uncertainty of heat release rate (Q) which might be the most influencing parameter to fire behaviors was performed. The calculated results were compared with experimental data obtained by the OECD/NEA PRISME project. The sensitivity of FDS results with the change in Q was also compared with the empirical correlations suggested in previous literature. As a result, the change in the specified Q led to the different dependence of major quantities such as temperature and species concentrations for the over- and under-ventilated fire conditions, respectively. It was also found that the sensitivity of major quantities to uncertain value of Q showed the significant difference in results obtained using the previous empirical correlations.
Keywords
fire modeling; model input uncertainty; sensitivity analysis; fire risk analysis;
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